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What is the answer to
5(3p+4r)

User Balaj Khan
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Answer:

5(3p + 4r) = 15p + 20r

Explanation:


5(3p+4r)\qquad\text{use the distributive property}:\ a(b+c)=ab+ac\\\\=(5)(3p)+(5)(4r)=15p+20r

User Jacobo Hernandez
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You need the distributive propery so you do 5 times 3p and get 15p and then 5times 4r and get 20r so 15p plus 20r

User Felix Rieseberg
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